Procurement

Marketing your business to local, state and federal governments is an important aspect of successfully growing your business in Arlington County. Contracting opportunities in the DC metropolitan area are lucrative, and it is important to understand the fundamentals, and utilize current resources to help you win bids.

Arlington Purchasing Office

The Purchasing Office manages all aspects of buying goods and services for Arlington County Government. The office acts as a “Central Purchasing Office,” whereby all agencies within the County must offer opportunities through this division. If you are interested in providing goods and services to the government of Arlington County register for free to become a bidder.

Commonwealth of Virginia

The State of Virginia purchases approximately $4 billion dollars in goods and services annually. If you are interested in doing business with the state you must be registered on the eVA system. Also many local Virginia municipalities also use eVA to purchase goods and services. Click here for information on doing business with the state.

Central Contractors Registry (CCR)

A primary source for agencies to learn about prospective vendors is a government-maintained database (CCR/PRO-Net) of companies wanting to do business with the government. This database is a marketing tool for businesses and a searchable list of prospective vendors for the government.

The database provides agencies with the ability to search for companies based on their abilities, size, location, experience, ownership, etc. The CCR, developed by the Department of Defense, and PRO-Net, developed as a database of small businesses by the SBA, have recently merged to provide a single searchable database for agencies and vendors. The CCR contains a PRO-Net supplement which collects and maintains specific information about and pertaining to small businesses. Click here to register as a vendor on CCR.

FedBizOpps

FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000 and under $100,000. Government buyers are able to publicize their business opportunities by posting information directly to FedBizOpps via the Internet. Through one portal - FedBizOpps (FBO) - commercial vendors seeking Federal markets for their products and services can search, monitor and retrieve opportunities solicited by the entire Federal contracting community.

Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP)

The Procurement Technical Assistance Program is a not-for-profit organization funded by the Defense Logistics Agency and George Mason University. PTAP exists to increase contracting activity between small businesses, prime government contractors and the government.

With an office in Fairfax, Virginia, PTAP offers marketing, technical consulting and educational services to businesses in the Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.